Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a talented actor with a demanding nature and stubborn temperament that have antagonized every producer in New York. Now no one will hire him. Michael needs $8,000.00 to produce a friend's play and to earn it, he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" for the soap opera Southwest Generaland and wins the part.
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
Charles Durning as Leslie "Les" Nichols
Bill Murray as Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack as George Fields
George Gaynes as John Van Horn
Geena Davis as April Page
Doris Belack as Rita Marshall
Lynne Thigpen as Jo
Estelle Getty as Middle Aged Woman